North Korea made an announcement today, and Ryoo Kihl-jae, South Korea's Unification Minister, was handed a note with the content of that announcement as he was giving testimony before South Korea's National Assembly Committee.
Russian embassy staff in the North Korean capital of pyongyang has been told by officials in that city that they should consider evacuating their people. This because of the continuing rising tensions according to Embassy official Denis Samsonov.
Even though the complex is a significant source of hard currency for North Korea, it was announced for a second day, that the border, and access to the Kaesong industrial park was barred to South Korean managers.